The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-13

Barkley's error yesterday was his second one
out of go chances
At Champaign. Ill. yesterday. the Clippers
defeated the DanvIile Platts, 10 to 3.
Sommer of Baltimore, threw three men out
at the plate from left field in Tuesdays game. !
At Bloomington, Ill, yesterday, the Bloom
ington club defeated the Decatur club IL to D.
Glasscock Moffet and Barley Wheeling
boys, and ten years ago played In the same am
ateur nine.
The Detroit League and the South Bend
Green Stockings played at South Bend yesterday
afternoon. Scored troits 40; Green Stockings,
In the International League Rochester. New
ark and Bnghamton are selling tickets at 81
each for benefit games to help Them over the
There are very few games of ball played where
the first baseman has as few put-outs as did
Shomberg yesterday. he had only four, while
Bassett. at second. had nine.
In the fifth inning yesterday Denny surprised
himself by striking out and retiring the side with
a man third. None of the balls he struck at
were within foot OF the plate.
Charlie Bassett is playing in very bad luck
just now. Besides making bad muf yester-
day, he knocked several balls directly into the
hands of Pittspurgs outfelders
Jack O'Brien feels rather sore over the fact
that he has been laid off by the Brooklyn man
agement without pay. He did good service for
them in the early part Of the season. catching in
nearly every game played.
Maui in the eight games played with the Phil
adephas was thirty Ave times at bat, scored
eight runs and made fourteen first base hits,
giving him a batting average of 400. He leads
the Philadelphia in batting.
Philadelphia Press; Daily is certainly the
Washington's mascot. His temperance with
the team was signalized by the defeat of the
Pittsburgs, and the Washingtons have been
winning ever since his return.
With ak good pitchers. who also good bat
ters and felders. the Indianapolis nine ought to
make it pretty warm for the other tail-enders of
the League If it had BEEN this earlier in
the season, the number of games lost would not
have been as great as they are.
That was q very pretty catch OF Bassett's in
the second inning yesterday when Kuehne
knocked short in-feld fly. Bassett had to
take 1t on a run, and as he grabbed the ball he
fell and rolled but held it up with one
hand SO that the umpire could see it.
The Baltimore American says that Manager
Watkins, of the Detroits, offered So, 900 for
Shreve for the remainder of the season. Will
Jams, of Cleveland, also wanted HIM, but his
preference was for Indianapolis. Shreve was
dissatisfied with the Baltimores, and asked for
release.
Manager Cay!or when asked what he thought
of the idea of making John Ward president OF
the Association. said that he did not think Ward
would give up a lucrative salary to accept it,
and in the second place his views on the reserve
rule and the selling of players were not in &C.
cord with those Of the directors or the Associa-
ton.
New York World: Young Leitners pitching
was very effective. the big sluggers of the
with any effect, onlyscoring five legitimate hits.
He displayed goodspeed, perfect control of the
ball and good head at critical stages of the
game. In severainstances, with four balls and
no strikes, he was very effective in retiring the
batter strikes. He splendidly supported
by Hackett behind the bat, and Glasscock's work
at short field was phenomenal
At the game at Pittsb1rg, Wednesday,
George Miller's Newfoundland dog and tho park
policeman's setter were eyelng each other.
From cycling they began guying. when it is sup
posed that the setter made some remark about
Miller's voice. and the Newfoundland jumped
on his neck. The fight was SO furious for few
moments that it stopped the game in the third
inning. while the boys we're rolling up the runs.
After some difficulty the combatants were sep
arated and the game proceeded.
Seerys steal of third base yesterday afternoon
was the prettiest ever seen here. Before the
ball had left pitcher Morrlss hand Seery was
two-thrds of the distance from second and before
1t reached the catcher he was standing on his
stolen base much to the surprise of Carroll who
stood and looked at him for a few moments
If he expected him to steal home while he was
standing there with the ball in his hands. Such
audacity is something Slugger Carroll is not
used Johnson's steal of third little later
was almost astonishing to the visitors.